Thursday, January 10, 2013

Headline - Frigate Liberty returns home!

The headlines in the major Argentine newspapers the last few days have been about the welcome home of the Argentine frigate, Liberty.  The ship was carrying recent naval graduates to ports around the Atlantic when it was seized in Ghana because "vulture funds" that consider Argentina to have defaulted on debts the funds now hold considered it an Argentine asset.  The ship was held for 2 months as the case went to international court and was finally released to return home on Dec. 19. It arrived in Mar del Plata (where most Argentines are now on summer vacation) yesterday. The President of Argentina is taking private planes when she flies to other countries because her official plane also could be subject to seizure by the vulture funds.

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